>So, basically this was a reprise of the AF 447 crash at sea, where lack of clear command authority combined with a maddeningly poorly-thought-out UI resulted in a serious accident with loss of life.
I don't want to take this off on a tangent, but this theory of the AF 447 crash keeps getting repeated online despite the fact that the accident report did not conclude that the UI was a factor.
If it's got to the point where the pilots have lost track of who's flying the plane, are ignoring the (audible) "dual control" warning, and are making conflicting control inputs, the plane is probably going to crash anyway. Linking the sticks physically has potential safety downsides in addition to safety upsides (e.g. in the case where one stick gets stuck, or a incapacitated pilot holds it in a particular position).
See e.g. here for further info on sidesticks and safety:
I don't want to take this off on a tangent, but this theory of the AF 447 crash keeps getting repeated online despite the fact that the accident report did not conclude that the UI was a factor.
If it's got to the point where the pilots have lost track of who's flying the plane, are ignoring the (audible) "dual control" warning, and are making conflicting control inputs, the plane is probably going to crash anyway. Linking the sticks physically has potential safety downsides in addition to safety upsides (e.g. in the case where one stick gets stuck, or a incapacitated pilot holds it in a particular position).
See e.g. here for further info on sidesticks and safety:
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/14027/sidestick...